A new approach to virtual classical music concerts has been pioneered by the Philharmonia Orchestra at London's South Bank Centre.

The project, named re-rite, tries to overcome the problem of engaging with concert-goers by turning a recorded performance into an activity space.

A filmed performance of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, which will be showing constantly at the four-storey Bargehouse building from November 3rd, used 29 cameras placed in and around the orchestra as it performed.

The public will be able to sit among the horn players, contribute to the percussion and even take control of the baton to direct various sections of the orchestra as they play.

"Being inside an orchestra, experiencing the sensation of 101 players taking on this iconic music is one of the biggest adrenalin rushes, and one that I want to share with the world," commented Esa-Pekka Salonen, principal conductor and artistic advisor of the ensemble.

In September last year the Philharmonia Orchestra released a piece of free music software which allowed people to compose and mix their own classical music.